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Estimated Opposite-Field Balls 2021

Balls estimated toward the opposite side: right field for right-handed hitters, or left field for left-handed hitters. MLBDB estimates direction from recorded hit locations and the hand used to bat on that play.

Season

All players with a recorded value; no minimum workload filter. Data through December 31, 2021. Data refreshed Sep 11, 2026, 12:22 PM UTC.

No. 1 / Estimated Opposite-Field Balls / 2021

David Fletcher

LAA

188

Season leader

Estimated Opposite-Field Balls2021 season
#	Player	Team	Oppo balls
1	D. FletcherDavid Fletcher	LAA	188
2	W. MerrifieldWhit Merrifield	KC	180
3	D. LeMahieuDJ LeMahieu	NYY	172
4	I. Kiner-FalefaIsiah Kiner-Falefa	TEX	162
5	B. BichetteBo Bichette	TOR	159
6	A. FrazierAdam Frazier	SD	158
7	M. StrawMyles Straw	CLE	153
8	J. CrawfordJ.P. Crawford	SEA	135
9	J. CronenworthJake Cronenworth	SD	134
10	N. LoweNathaniel Lowe	TEX	132
11	J. TurnerJustin Turner	LAD	128
12	T. EdmanTommy Edman	STL	126
13	R. McMahonRyan McMahon	COL	125
14	J. MartinezJ.D. Martinez	BOS	124
15	V. Guerrero Jr.Vladimir Guerrero Jr.	TOR	123
16	F. FreemanFreddie Freeman	ATL	123
17	C. CorreaCarlos Correa	HOU	123
18	L. ArraezLuis Arraez	MIN	120
19	J. SchoopJonathan Schoop	DET	119
20	O. AlbiesOzzie Albies	ATL	119
21	A. RosarioAmed Rosario	CLE	117
22	J. SeguraJean Segura	PHI	116
23	T. TurnerTrea Turner	LAD	115
24	Y. GurrielYuli Gurriel	HOU	115
25	R. TapiaRaimel Tapia	COL	115
26	N. LopezNicky Lopez	KC	114
27	M. RojasMiguel Rojas	MIA	114
28	P. GoldschmidtPaul Goldschmidt	STL	113
29	E. HosmerEric Hosmer	SD	113
30	C. VázquezChristian Vázquez	BOS	113
31	T. FranceTy France	SEA	111
32	M. OlsonMatt Olson	OAK	111
33	P. AlonsoPete Alonso	NYM	111
34	T. ManciniTrey Mancini	BAL	111
35	C. MullinsCedric Mullins	BAL	110
36	T. AndersonTim Anderson	CWS	109
37	Y. AlvarezYordan Alvarez	HOU	109
38	A. JudgeAaron Judge	NYY	108
39	D. PeraltaDavid Peralta	AZ	108
40	A. VerdugoAlex Verdugo	BOS	107
41	R. DeversRafael Devers	BOS	107
42	M. CabreraMiguel Cabrera	DET	107
43	M. BrantleyMichael Brantley	HOU	106
44	E. AndrusElvis Andrus	OAK	106
45	K. NewmanKevin Newman	PIT	105
46	D. CarlsonDylan Carlson	STL	104
47	J. SotoJuan Soto	WSH	103
48	L. Gurriel Jr.Lourdes Gurriel Jr.	TOR	103
49	T. StoryTrevor Story	COL	103
50	N. CastellanosNick Castellanos	CIN	102

Oppo balls: Balls estimated toward the opposite side: right field for right-handed hitters, or left field for left-handed hitters. MLBDB estimates direction from recorded hit locations and the hand used to bat on that play.

Understanding Estimated Opposite-Field Balls

Season rankings use regular-season records. A player has one combined row across teams; the team label identifies the associated team, not a separate team stint.

Source: MLB statistics and MLBDB derived measures. Formulas describe the measure above. Data refreshed Sep 11, 2026, 12:22 PM UTC.